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A (15 terms)

Assay, Assaying

B (31 terms)

Black Hills Gold

Buttercup Setting

Button Earrings

Byzantine chain

Brillianteering

Box Clasp With Safety

C (52 terms)

Chandelier earrings

Channel setting

Colored diamonds

Creole earrings

Curb link chain

Calcium carbonate

Carat total weight (ct. tw.)

Cathedral Setting

Conflict-Free Diamond

Cluster Setting

D (17 terms)

Demi-hoop style

Diamond-cut rope

Depth percentage

Diamond characteristics

Diamond dossier

Designer Jewelry

E (12 terms)

Eternity band (ring)

F (21 terms)

Fold-over clasp

Freshwater pearl

Face-up appearance

Fancy-colored diamond

Florentine Finish

G (26 terms)

Gemologist, graduate

Gemstone clarity

Girdle thickness

Grading report, grading certificate

H (18 terms)

Hidden Box Clasp

Hearts & arrows effect

Heart-shaped diamond

Hidden clasp with safety

Hinged hoop earring

Half Moon Diamonds Shape

Hammered Finish

I (8 terms)

Invisible setting

Indented natural

Illusion Setting

J (2 terms)

K (3 terms)

L (26 terms)

Lobster-claw clasp

Laser drill hole

Laser inscription

Latch earring back

Length-to-width ratio

Light performance

Light fancy yellow

Lower-half length

Lower-half length percentage

Trellis Setting

Lab-Grown Diamond

London Blue Topaz

Laser Engraving

M (21 terms)

Mariner link chain

Mohs' hardness scale

Mother of pearl

Micro-Pave Setting

N (8 terms)

Natural gemstone

O (12 terms)

Old European Cut

P (25 terms)

Pavillion angle

Proportion factors

Push earring back

Prong w/AirLine

Prong Re-tipping

Princess Length

Q (1 terms)

R (15 terms)

Rhodium Plating

S (35 terms)

Serpentine chain

Snap bar closure

Spring ring clasp

Sterling silver

Synthetic diamond/ gemstone

Star length percentage

Salt and Pepper Diamond

T (25 terms)

Tennis bracelet

Table percentage

Table & depth percentages

Three Stone Ring

Tapered Baguette

U (2 terms)

Ultrasonic cleaner

Ultrasonic Cleaning

V (3 terms)

W (6 terms)

Y (1 terms)

Z (1 terms)

Zirconia, cubic